Prince of Persia fans are building the remake Ubisoft left behind
A community team says its project is a large-scale mod built to replace most 3D models and add path-traced global illumination.
With Ubisoft’s remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time now part of the company’s major reset and cancellation wave, fans have decided to take a swing at the job themselves.
In a post shared on X, the group behind the project said the Prince of Persia community had come together after the remake was canceled. They described the effort as a large-scale mod, not a traditional remake, with plans to replace most 3D models with higher-quality assets and add global illumination through path tracing.
Prince of Persia – Community Project
The Prince of Persia community has come together to create its own project following the cancellation of the Sands of Time remake!
This is not a traditional remake, but a large-scale mod aiming to replace most 3D models with high-quality… pic.twitter.com/fm96MVPnJC
— Prince of Persia Universe (@popuniversee) April 15, 2026
The team said the project is still in early development and is looking for 3D modelers, texture artists, and programmers. It is also being framed as a non-profit effort with no hard deadline, which means this is a long-haul fan project rather than something players should expect to download soon.
That approach lines up with how much modding tools have improved in recent years. Nvidia’s RTX Remix has already shown what’s possible for classic games, and the community says it wants experts who can work with it.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time first launched in 2003 on PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and PC. Its mix of acrobatics, combat, and time-rewind tricks made it stand out then, and the game later helped lay some of the groundwork that Ubisoft would build into Assassin’s Creed.
The series did not disappear entirely, but The Forgotten Sands in 2010 marked the last mainline entry for a while, and the recent remake situation has been rocky from the start. The project was delayed multiple times over the years before Ubisoft canceled it earlier in 2026.
If the fan remake keeps moving forward, it could become one of those rare community projects that exists partly because official plans fell apart. For now, it is still a concept with ambition attached, not a finished fix.
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Developed by Ubisoft Montreal
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake is a remake of the classic 2003 game of the same title that lead to arguably the most successful reboot of the franchise yet. Announced almost exactly 10 years after the previous AAA Prince of Persia title's release, this game is an attempt to revive the franchise back to life. During it's reveal at Ubisoft Forward (September 2020), the game was given a January 2021 release date, but later it has been confirmed on various social platforms that the game's release has been pushed back indefinitely until further notice.
- Genre: Fighting, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
- Modes: Single player
- Release: 2026-12-31
- Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment
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Age Rating:
ESRB T / CERO C / GRAC 19+ / PEGI 16
